ATS Life Sciences Chicago is a fast paced, exciting and progressive company experiencing incredible growth! We are currently looking for reliable, ambitious and hardworking employees to join our team. As a company, we pride ourselves on building a culture that values employees and promotes innovation, diversity, excellence in communication and commitment to personal/professional growth. Join our team and you will find we advocate a healthy working environment and opportunities to experience the rewards of contributing to a proactive and competent team.

The Project Procurement Lead (PPL) will be responsible for the technical liaison between suppliers, design engineers and Supply Chain to achieve project and departmental goals and objectives.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

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  Research and analyze previous jobs materials spend activity to accurately forecast new budgets for quoting efforts
• Develop new technical sources to suit business requirements
• Accurately and successfully organize material spend plan for the Back End PPL
• Perform procurement duties as required by Supply Chain operations team
• Analyze and develop costed BOM’s for build to print opportunities
• Obtain firm quotations for all long lead/high cost items for new design opportunities
• Identify and approve new suppliers that are proposed in the quoting phase for new designs and build to print opportunities
• Provide detailed analysis and reporting in collaboration with Project Procurement Lead – Back End to actively monitor and manage proposed budget from job order kick off to actual job order spend
• As a key member of new product design teams, advise the project regarding supplier capabilities to achieve lowest cost compliant solutions.
• Understand the product from initial design and provide early input regarding ease and cost of supply.
• Maintain a focus on vendor technologies to enable low cost design and facilitate a collaborative working relationship between design engineers and suppliers.
• Engage suppliers early in the project life to gain their appropriate input into product solutions.
• Support the development of engineering design methodology from a Supply Chain perspective to ensure successful execution through the supply chain.
• Maintain a preferred parts list and use it to drive selection of common parts and design features across multiple projects.
• Devise and implement a project procurement plan.
• Ensure that project parts delivery needs are met in a timely manner through all project phases.
• Maintain regular product material cost metrics for each project and achieve project cost requirements.
• Other non-specific duties may be required to meet business objectives.

QUALIFICATIONS:

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  A degree in Mechanical Engineering, Supply Chain Management or equivalent discipline.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is an asset.
• A minimum of five (5) years of manufacturing engineering experience or supply chain in a custom manufacturing environment.
• Experience developing and applying a project material procurement plan.
• Sound working knowledge of Excel, Word and other MS Office software.
• Ability to effectively manage large data files derived from Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence at all organizational levels.
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to interact in a multi-disciplinary team environment.
• Good project management skills.

We are an equal employment employer. All applicants considered are subject to a pre-employment screening.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.

Being authorized to work in the U.S. is a precondition of employment. Our company is not able to provide sponsorship to candidates wanting to work legally in the United States and needing an H1-B Visa.